3 Tanfields, Vachel Road, Reading, RG1 1NX

3 Tanfields is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Reading (RG1 1NX). It has a recorded floor area of 37 m² (around 398 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band C. At 37 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (37–135 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to B across 14 units on file. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows a C (score 77), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in June 2012 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good and main heating went from Very Poor to Average; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 37 m² it sits well below the postcode median (68 m² across 13 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 2002–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£497/sq ft) was about 84.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £198,000 in March 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.